14 Facts About Anna Rogstad

Anna Georgine Rogstad was a Norwegian politician, women's rights activist and educator.

Anna Rogstad was a prominent leader in the women's rights movement and the campaign for women's right to vote, and was a co-founder and board member of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights and board member of the Association for Women's Suffrage.

Anna Rogstad started teaching in primary school in 1873 in Trondheim.

Anna Rogstad was active in the Norwegian Teachers' Union, where she served as vice president in the period from 1892 to 1907.

Anna Rogstad remained the school's principal until she retired in 1923, at the age of sixty-nine.

Anna Rogstad was among the founders of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights in 1884 and the Association for Women's Suffrage in 1885.

Anna Rogstad was elected deputy representative of the Association for Women's Suffrage to the city council in 1901, representative of the city council of a group of three center-right parties in 1907 and deputy representative to the city council for the Liberal Left Party in 1910.

Anna Rogstad was a member of the Liberal Left Party of Norway.

In 1911 Anna Rogstad became the first woman in Norwegian history to sit in Parliament, as a deputy representative of Jens Bratlie.

Anna Rogstad held her first speech on the floor of the Parliament after only five days, when she argued for a cut in the defence budget, because she believed that all conflicts should be solved by arbitration.

Anna Rogstad got involved in debates over gender equality, education, culture and temperance.

When Bratlie became Prime Minister in 1912, Anna Rogstad held his seat full-time for a year.

Anna Rogstad was an author, and wrote fifteen textbooks for the Norwegian school.

Anna Rogstad wrote numerous articles in newspapers and magazines, mostly on the issue of educational policies.